The very simple thing about running a business that many businesses miss is that doing it right means relating to people in the best way possible. It’s about motivating their work ethic, rewarding their success, and improving their weakness; helping them invest part of their soul in your success. Any successful businessman knows that accomplishing [...]
I’m one of those guys who either love something with my whole heart or merely tolerate it. I call that “passion.” Realistically, I suppose I can also call it “Part-time Apathy.” I feel one of these ways towards most things: I dislike bills, picking weeds, washing dishes, and grocery shopping. I love video games, singing, writing, Doctor [...]
I’m a loud liver. Steven Curtis Chapman once told me to “La la la la live out loud,” but I don’t think he meant for me to live a “loud life,” so to speak. And yes, while God wants us to be demonstrative in our faith, he generally doesn’t want us to be “loud” about [...]
Watching the Broncos and Chargers play it off this evening in Denver, something struck me powerfully. I was thinking about the next few weeks as the playoffs and Superbowl come to a conclusion. It occurred to me that once all the hulabaloo is over and the off-season comes, there’s another season, another set of playoffs [...]
Can we start off the new year on a better foot than usual? I know, I know. You already have that diet plan ready, the exercise bike positioned in front of the TV, or your cursor hovered over the CANCEL button in your Facebook settings. Amongst the multitude of New Year’s resolutions made and followed [...]
Are you exhausted yet? It’s the 22nd of December… And time is running out for last minute shopping. Come on now. Can you really say you gave it your all? Did you pull out all the stops to make sure everyone on your list got exactly the right gift? Fear not, faithful Christmas warrior, because [...]
I’m just gonna wing this. I’ve done all the research I can stomach. I’ve been to every “fall in love again” website I can take, and read a hundred ways to “bring the romance back.” Wouldn’t you love to have a sure-fire way to keep the fire smoking in your relationship? So would I. So [...]
The dude was sick for 38 years. 38 years. Most of you reading this haven’t even lived that long, and if you have, it’s the better part of your life. As in somewhere from 50 to 90% And Jesus healed him. John 5 tells us the story. The guy was there for 38 years. Trying [...]
By now, I think an extremely significant portion of the internet-using population has read the article, “Marriage Isn’t For You.” Seth Adam Smith, a more or less professional blogger, has some great points about what pop culture thinks marriage is, and what it actually should be. But I’m here to say that I think there’s [...]
It’s one of those weeks where my thoughts get jumbled in the emotional end-of-the-year chaos, for many reasons. Holidays can tend to make me unstable and random. My normal ADD seems to be worse than usual. I dive into something. I immerse myself in some project that completely distracts me from the dark emptiness trying [...]
